AMERICANS TOP OILERS IN FINAL HOME GAME OF 2022

AMERICANS TOP OILERS IN FINAL HOME GAME OF 2022

Jimmy Soper scores two goals in loss to Allen

TULSA, Okla. —The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, lost 5-2 to the Allen Americans at the BOK Center on Friday night.

Mikael Robidoux scored his second professional goal in as many games, tipping a shot from Lord-Anthony Grissom past Colten Ellis with 1:19 remaining in the period.

Allen extended their lead to two, scoring 55 seconds into the middle frame via former Oiler Jack Combs. Allen finished the period 3-0 up when Combs scored his 15th of the season 5:37 into the second period.  

Jimmy Soper opened the scoring for the final frame, snapping a breakaway past Luke Peressini 32 seconds into the middle frame. Hank Crone answered at the 8:38 mark. Ryan Gagnon followed up less than a minute later for the second Allen power-play goal of the game. Soper tallied his second of the game and the period with 3:15 remaining, closing the score line 5-2 in Allen’s favor.

The Oilers head to Rapid City on Dec. 28, closing 2022 in South Dakota. The first game of the three-game series kicks off at The Monument at 8:05 p.m. CT.